Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 327

"You gave them to me." Colin's fingers traced the lower-right corner of the specimen, where a black signature with the letters 'C' - Caldwell's initial - was inscribed.

I stared at Colin, my breath catching. "Me? I gave these to you?"

All of these specimens?

"You said that the beauty of a shooting star lies in its fleeting moment. That the brief bloom of a night-blooming cereus is enough to dazzle everyone..." Colin turned to look at me, his voice as raspy as ever.

But it seemed to carry an endless stream of loneliness, grievance, and guilt. "Life is short, to preserve them forever, this was the only way."

I was shocked as I gazed at the walls filled with butterfly specimens. For a moment, they all seemed to come alive, flapping their wings, taking flight.

"I can't believe I would... like these," I said in astonishment.

Colin took my hand and led me into a room in the basement.

The door had a keypad, sturdy like a bank vault.

As the door swung open, I followed Colin inside.

on, a tingling

opened

was he finally willing to trust me completely, revealing his hidden

about Damian, about me, my parents, the people from the orphanage, and... some individuals I didn't

was the current

over everyone, like the hand of God,

looked at Colin, a mix of panic

couldn't really be

left corner. "This isn't the first serial murder case. Three years ago, after I left the psychiatric hospital,

psychiatrists had met their ends through slips, accidents, drownings, fires - seemingly unrelated, yet somehow intricately

that the person behind those 'accidents' is the same

"There's one thing in common

who had reported illegal practices at the psychiatric hospital. "This man, Lamont, was one of the few with a conscience among the hospital's staff. It was he who blew the whistle, saving me from that

had brought to provoke Colin

deaths... they all revolve around me,"

had all once hurt,

eyes turn towards me, while the real killer often goes unnoticed,"

a problem back then, you had this chain of evidence... why didn't you go to the police?" I looked

as he looked at me,

you're going to tell me everything, right?" I asked,